Donald Trump branded a ‘child’ after latest Nobel Peace Prize comments as committee issue first ever statement on transferring award

Machado won the prestigious prize for her struggle to save the South American country from its fate as ‘a brutal, authoritarian state’.

Her offer came after the January 3 raid on Venezuela’s capital, which saw the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, abducted and taken to New York City to stand trial.

Recently, in an interview, Trump suggested that he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize for the ‘eight and a quarter’ wars he says he has ended.

He told Fox News’s Sean Hannity: “But you know, when you put out eight wars, in theory, you should get one for each war.

“It makes me feel so good. Not because of a Nobel Prize, but because I saved millions and millions of lives, and that’s what really makes me feel good.”

Also, Hannity asked Trump if he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize from Machado, with Trump responding: “Well, I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her, and I’ve heard that she wants to do that.

“That would be a great honor.”

Some people have since criticized Trump for his comments, with political commentator and influencer Harry Sisson writing: “This is so beyond humiliating for the United States.

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